Hurricane Harvey: Texas battered by high winds and rain Map of Rockport Texas The biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 year has slammed into Texas with initial winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) battering coastal areas

The biggest storm to hit the US mainland in 13 year has slammed into Texas with initial winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) battering coastal areas

Some residents are feared trapped in collapsed buildings. More than 200,000 customers are without electricity. Hurricane Harvey has been confirmed to have caused at least eight fatalities; one in Suriname and seven in the United States

US storms: At least 14 dead in trail of destruction Mississippi: A clear-up has begun after a violent storm left at least 14 people dead and destroyed homes in several US South and Midwest states on Christmas...

At least 24 people have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, with the death toll likely to rise. Moore's neighbourhoods were flattened and schools were destroyed by winds of u...

40 people killed by Sandy as transport chaos Map of ManhattanManhattan: Millions are without power and transport across the north-eastern US has been severely disrupted as storm Sandy heads north for Canada

New Orleans: 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods. The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. ...